ABOUT

AT A GLANCE

b. 1990, dallas, tx | kathleen french is a writer and fullstack web developer living in brooklyn. she received her b.a. in english from harvard and her m.f.a. in fiction from nyu. she has a boston terrier named george.

full-stack developer, motivated and dynamic professional with more than 5 years of comprehensive writing and creative experience in deadline-driven and fast-paced environments. exceptional communicator, both verbally and in writing, with an aptitude for developing relationships with peers, teams, stakeholders, and clients. organized, innovative, and analytical with fearless approach to conquering obstacles and a passion for supporting creative visions.

INTERVIEWS

FICTION

"The Secret of the Fields" in the 'North Central Review'

"If I Watch What Happens To You" in 'Salon Particulier'

DIGITAL

AWARDS

SHELTR, 2nd Place at The Social Good Hackathon judged by Uber at LWT 2017 - presented a prototype of the app SHELTR, created to coordinate local, state, and federal authorities' evacuation responses during natural disasters and states of emergency using Uber's commercial API.

PERSONAL PROJECTS

Gravy - a movie review platform built using the Movie Database API in NodeJS and SQL

Chatter - a simple chat application built with NodeJS, Express, and Socket.io

Palette - a yelp clone that integrates with google maps API to include features like user comments, star ratings, image uploads, and user authentication

Open Source - a two-sided video-streaming marketplace platform that features credit card payment capabilities, user role management, copmlex user interfaces, and advanced db relationships for both instructors and students>

Grammable - an instagram clone that was built using industry-standard, test-driven development in adherence to red/green/refactor cycles

Todo this single page to do app employs a fluid user interface using rails/javascript/jquery

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

Counter Threat Chess - as part of an agile software development team, the fully functional chess app was built over the course of two months through weekly team meetings, sprint planning, code reviews, and feature assignments

Fogarty Portfolio - a personal and professional portfolio for a writer and digital marketer based in Brooklyn